Physician Workforce

A Wake County family nurse practitioner is challenging a North Carolina law that requires her to contract with a physician before she can practice in the state. Jamie Gallagher filed suit Sept. 2 against leaders of the state medical and…

University of Chicago Medicine is launching two new physician residency programs — a family medicine program and an internal medicine program — at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., to build a permanent physician pipeline for Chicago’s southern…

Three out of four physicians say they would accept lower pay in exchange for greater autonomy or work-life balance, a preference that has remained remarkably consistent over the past four years, according to a Doximity poll of nearly 1,000 physicians…

Here are eight updates on unionization efforts and other labor organizing among clinicians and hospitals and health systems in July, as reported by Becker’s:  1. More than 2,200 nurses and healthcare workers at four hospitals operated by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime…

More than 60% of physicians are not satisfied with how the medical profession deals with work-life balance, according to a new report from Medscape.  “State of the Medical Profession Index Report 2026,” published Aug. 28, surveyed more than 1,000 physicians…

Physicians are more likely to describe making friends at this stage of their lives as difficult than easy, and a lack of time is by far the biggest reason those friendships fray, according to Medscape’s “Physician Friendships Report 2026,” published…

More than half of U.S. physicians, 59.4%, are now employed by a hospital or health system, according to a new analysis from Trilliant Health that assessed 700,000 physicians across the country. Here are four more things to know 1. The…

The physician shortage continues to affect patient access, care quality and workforce burnout, according to Doximity’s “2026 Physician Compensation Report.”  The report, based on a survey of physicians alongside workforce projections from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, quantifies…

With roughly three-quarters of U.S. physicians now employed rather than independent, a growing number are turning to unions to reclaim decision-making power eroded by employer policies and regulatory constraints, according to a viewpoint published in The DO. About 8% of…

For nearly 40 years, the J-1 visa, which lets international medical graduates train in U.S. residency programs, has helped hold together the physician workforce in some of the country’s most underserved communities.  Now, the same pipeline health system leaders have…